﻿Ayda Melika is a Ph.D. candidate in the History of
Architecture and Urbanism at University of California, Berkeley. She received
her M.S. in Environmental Design and Urbanism in Developing Countries and her
M.Arch. in Cultural Landscapes. As a documentarian her films focus on socio-cultural
and political aspects of design and the spatial manifestations of collective
activism.
melikaa@gmail.com﻿

Susanne Cowan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture at Montana State University. She received her Ph.D. in the History of Architecture and Urbanism from University of California, Berkeley. Her work focuses on public consultation in the planning process and in community organizing as a tool for social justice.susanne.cowan@montana.eduhttps://montana.academia.edu/SusanneCowan